- ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED APPOINTMENT DOCUMENT,
1861 President Abraham Lincoln signed appointment document dated March 21, 1861. Appointment of Calvin Hudson of New York be the Commissioner of the United States of which...
[more like this] - EARLY KNOX CO. DOCUMENT ARCHIVE RELATING
TO STOCKLEY DO...Late 18th and early 19th century Knox County, Tennessee document archive relating to Stockley Donelson (1752 - 1805), brother of Rachel Donelson (wife of...
[more like this] - ANDREW JACKSON SIGNED CREEK INDIAN DOCUMENT,
ALABAMAAn 1834 land sale document between a Creek Indian and two Alabama men, approved and signed by President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845; President 1829-1837). This document,...
[more like this] - HARRY BLACKSTONE’S 1920S–40S AGENT
AND FAN CORRESPONDEN...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s 1920s–40s Agent and Fan Correspondence Archive. Two large cartons filled with thousands of...
[more like this] - HARRY HOUDINI VS. THE GREAT BLACKSTONE.
FILE OF DOCUMEN...[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Harry Houdini vs. The Great Blackstone. File of Documents Regarding Houdini’s Charge Against Blackstone’s Use of the...
[more like this] - AN EARLY TEXAS EMPRESARIO SIGNATURE,
MOSES AUSTIN, PROB... MOSES AUSTIN, PROBABLY MISSOURI, MARCH 10, 1809, hand inscribed ink on paper court document, signed, "Moses Austin" with flourish, dated and also signed...
[more like this] - A PUBLIC DEBT OF THE LATE REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, FOR 1842 S... TEXAS, FOR 1842 SOMERVILLE CAMPAIGN, SECOND CLASS "B," AUSTIN, JULY 31, 1855, lithograph and manuscript ink on blue tinted wove paper, No. 6434, "This...
[more like this] - A PUBLIC DEBT OF THE LATE REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS DOCUMENT, A... TEXAS DOCUMENT, AUSTIN, OCTOBER 31,1853, printed and manuscript ink on watermarked laid paper, No. 4495, Second Class "B," with two different relief seal...
[more like this] - RARE ENGRAVED GLASS PRESENTATION TUMBLER,
ATTRIBUTED TO...Frederick County, Maryland, New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung, circa 1788-1792, blown colorless non-lead glass, tapered cylindrical form,...
[more like this] - TOM MCNEELY (B. 1935) "JUAN PONCE DE
LEON" WCTom McNeely (Canadian, B. 1935) "Juan Ponce de Leon's Discovery of Florida" Signed lower right. Original watercolor on Paper.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer...
[more like this] - DON BALKE (B. 1933) "HUMMINGBIRDS"Don
Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Hummingbirds" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008),...
[more like this] - DON BALKE (B. 1933) "RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD"Don
Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Rufous and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of...
[more like this] - CHRIS CALLE (B. 1961) "MICRONESIA"Chris
Calle (American, B. 1961) "Micronesia (Issued by U.S.)" Signed lower right. Mixed Media on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder...
[more like this] - CHRIS CALLE (B. 1961) "MARSHALL ISLANDS"Chris
Calle (American, B. 1961) "Marshall Islands (Issued by U.S.)" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor/Pencil/Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board.
Provenance: Collection...
[more like this] - NEW YORK CITY HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, 1760Three-page
legal document dated 1760 regarding a case between Rinier (aka Rynier) Skaats and Henry Carmer. The dispute seemed to involve their respective claims on the land at the end...
[more like this] - ALASKA MINE CLAIM DOCUMENTS AND MAPALASKA
MINE CLAIM DOCUMENTS AND MAP, circa 1900, belonging to partners Andrew Johnston and Florent Hoffer who staked a claim in the El Dorado District near Nome, Alaska. Documents...
[more like this] - RARE EARLY KENTUCKY DOCUMENT, LATE 18TH
CENTURY Valtine Brother (Resident of Frederick, Maryland, county Sheriff in 1779) "An Account of Expenses in Traveling to and from Kentucky in search of Land Claimed by Mr....
[more like this] - CONFEDERATE DOCUMENT, GEORGIA EDITORLegal
document (of sorts) signed by J.W. Fears, editor of the Albany Patriot (Georgia) in 1865. Document appears to claim an exemption for seven bales of cotton as not bound to...
[more like this] - RICHARD PENN, SIGNED DOCUMENT, 1795
Partially printed, a property quit claim release to spinster Sara Masters (likely Penn's sister-in-law), signed "Rich. Penn" and witnessed "Wm Young Knight", embossed tax...
[more like this] - LOT OF 15 PIECES OF EARLY EPHEMERA,
MOSTLY FROMCAPE CODE. RANGING IN AGE FROM THE EARLY 18TH TO THE LATE 19TH CENTURIES. TO INCLUDE: CA. 1810 DIARY ENTRY OF A WOMAN WHICH MENTIONS GENERAL WILLIAM H. SUMNER (WITH...
[more like this] - HISTORIC MARITIME SHIPPING DOCUMENTS.
19TH C. TOinclude: 179 page bound deposition taken under oath in the town of Port Louis in the islands of the Mauritius, Edward Allen Williams, possibly dealing with an insurance...
[more like this] - (9) HISTORIC MARITIME SHIPPING DOCUMENTS.
19TH C.To include: a letter dated Sept 30, 1845, related to the ship Meridian. A statement letter of Marten W. Brown, a crew member on the ship Washington Irving, June 17,...
[more like this] - Photographic Archive of Miles City Montana
Photographer R.C. Morrison 1880s-1890s Cowan's is proud to present the photographic archive of pioneer Montana photographer Robert C. Morrison (1850-1938) descended directly...
[more like this] - Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-Signed
Commission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
[more like this] - Historic Guthrie Oklahoma/Chickamauga
Presentation Gavel to First Major D.B. Dyer With associated newspaper clipping and printed pamphlet relating to the opening of the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. The symbolic...
[more like this] - 1 piece. (African-American Subject.)
(United States Congress.) Senate Amendment 41. [Washington], March 15, 1864. 1 sheet (2 pp.), 12 x 8 inches (305 x 203 mm); chipping along gutter edge - no loss of text, heavy...
[more like this] - Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative
& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
[more like this] - John C. Calhoun Revolutionary claim,
partially printed document headed "War Department. Revolutionary Claim.", March 18, 1818, certifying that "Joseph Kingsbury late a Fifer in the Army of the...
[more like this] - [Autographs and Manuscripts] Group of
NY Supreme Court Documents from the Early 19th Century Lot of approx. 60 documents; 4 dated 1818 26 dated 1828 and 30 dated 1831. In the New York State court system the...
[more like this] - Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portrait
by William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
[more like this] - Early Southern history, 39 documents
and letters, 1795-1923: four pages, partly printed, appointing John H. Smith as "Commissioner to examine claims for unsatisfied military land bounties", with report...
[more like this] - Daniel Boone signed document, 26 hand
written lines, March 13, 1798, stating articles of agreement "Between Daniel Boone of the county of Bourbon State of Kentucky…and William Henry of the county of...
[more like this] - Civil War Claim Document American, dated
June 25, 1889, partially printed document from the Office of J.B. Cralle, Solicitor of Claims, Washington, D.C., requesting witness testimony from Mr. Henry Simon(?) of McPherson,...
[more like this] - POW Letter From Andersonville with Archive(24)
war-date Union soldier's letters by Private Simeon B. Merrill Co. G 5th Michigan Infantry to his wife Julia in Fowlerville Michigan. The 33 year-old Merrill enlisted the day...
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